II.3.3 Pompeii. Casa della Venere in Conchiglia or House of Venus in the Shell

or House of the Marine Venus or House of D. Lucretii Satrii Valentes.

Excavated 1933 to 1935 and 1951 to 1953.

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II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2024. Doorway to room 10, cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 10, cubiculum.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, doorway threshold. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, looking south from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2024. Room 10, looking south from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2024. Room 10, looking south along east wall from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, east wall and south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, upper east wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 10, detail from centre of upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail from centre of upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 10, detail from north end of centre of upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 10, detail from centre of upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail from south end of centre of upper east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, east wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, painting from centre of east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, east wall with remains of wall painting.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, zoccolo on east wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail from upper vaulted area of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail from centre of upper vaulted area of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.3.3 Pompeii. April 2018. Room 10, detail from south wall. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.

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II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, south wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 10, south wall of cubiculum.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail from upper centre of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, upper south wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail of painted bird from upper centre of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Room 10, detail of painted peacocks from upper centre of south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 10, south wall with wall painting of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, south wall with wall painting of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, south wall with wall painting of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1981. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 1. Rome: ICCD. (p.225).

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, south wall with painting of flying cherub.

II.3.3 Pompeii. October 2022.

Room 10, detail of flying cherub from south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, south wall with remains of painting of flying cherub.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, lower south wall with painted plants.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2024. Room 10, south-west corner and west wall with window. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, upper west wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall with painting of flying cherub.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall with painting of flying cherub.

II.3.3 Pompeii. May 2016. Room 10, zoccolo below window on west wall, and flooring. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.3.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall with painted plants on zoccolo.

II.3.3 Pompeii. 1966. Room 10, painted plants from zoccolo of west wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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